[LINK] Digital Copyright book launch, Canberra, 21 September 2007

[Tom Worthington]

Matthew Rimmer, will be talking about his new book "Digital Copyright 
& the Consumer Revolution: Hands off my iPod" at the National Library 
of Australia in Canberra, 3:00 pm,  21 September 2007 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2007/08/digital-copyright-consumer-revolution.html>.

"This book documents and evaluates the growing consumer revolution 
against digital copyright law, and makes a unique theoretical 
contribution to the debate surrounding this issue.

With a focus on recent US copyright law, the book charts the consumer 
rebellion against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1998 
(US) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (US). The author 
explores the significance of key judicial rulings and considers legal 
controversies over new technologies, such as the iPod, TiVo, Sony 
Playstation II, Google Book Search, and peer-to-peer networks. The 
book also highlights cultural developments, such as the emergence of 
digital sampling and mash-ups, the construction of the BBC Creative 
Archive, and the evolution of the Creative Commons.

Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution will be of prime 
interest to academics, law students and lawyers interested in the 
ramifications of copyright law, as well as policymakers given its 
focus upon recent legislative developments and reform proposals. The 
book will also appeal to librarians, information managers, creative 
artists, consumers, technology developers, and other users of 
copyright material. ..." From: Selected Works of Matthew Rimmer, The 
Berkeley Electronic Press, 2007 <http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer>.



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